Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“How many people affected by contaminated blood products have received compensation.”
Tabled: 18 July 2024Answered: 25 July 2024
Asked by
Ian Lavery
Labour — Blyth and Ashington
Answering Minister
the Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Nick Thomas-Symonds)
The infected blood scandal is one of the gravest injustices in our history, and it is vital that we get final compensation to victims as soon as possible. As of 30 June this year, the Government have paid more than £1 billion in interim compensation to those infected with infected blood products and bereaved partners registered with existing support schemes. The total number of recipients of interim payments across the United Kingdom is 4,606.